Kelleria dieffenbachii, or alpine Kelleria, is a species of small, spreading, alpine subshrub with tiny, white flowers. It is known from New Zealand, southwest Australia including Tasmania, and the highlands of New Guinea. Described in 1839 by William Jackson Hooker, it is the type species for Kelleria.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Alpine kelleria being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malvales
- Family
- Thymelaeaceae
- Genus
- Kelleria
- Species
- Kelleria dieffenbachii
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